Jim Simons was 30 when he was made chair of the Stony Brook math department. Are there contemporary examples of similarly young US department chairs?
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Replying to @patrickc
One of the inventors of CRISPR wasn't a dept chair at 30, but he co-invented CRISPR & played a key role in developing optogenetics before he was 30. Feng Zhang (he's 38 now). He also co-founded Editas Medicine
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Replying to @PearlF
Very familiar with his work; definitely an amazing guy.
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